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(ABBV/ENTA/GILD)—USPSTF recommends HCV screening for essentially all US adults:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-task-force-to-recommend-wider-screening-for-hepatitis-c-11566918027

Adults of a wide range of ages should be screened for hepatitis C, according to a new draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that could greatly expand the number of people treated for the disease.

The independent panel of volunteer experts, backed by the government, aims to recommend that all adults ages 18-79 undergo screening… [expanding] on a previous 2013 recommendation to screen people born between 1945 and 1965.

…the acute incidence among younger people has expanded rapidly over the past decade. Experts point to the opioid epidemic as the driving factor in the increases, as drug injection is the biggest risk factor for the blood-borne infection.

…An estimated 2.4 million people in the U.S. are living with hepatitis C, according to the CDC…